Fine Japanese Works of Art - 23rd May 2023
Lot 39
A SMALL JAPANESE CLOISONNE ENAMEL VASE BY NAMIKAWA YASUYUKI (1845-1927) MEIJI ERA
Estimate £6,000 - £8,000 | Hammer £5500
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Description
A SMALL JAPANESE CLOISONNE ENAMEL VASE BY NAMIKAWA YASUYUKI (1845-1927)
MEIJI ERA, 19TH/20TH CENTURY
The baluster body decorated in silver wires and polychrome enamels, with a delicate design of a small lemon-yellow butterfly fluttering towards pink flowers, on a dark aubergine ground, with a silver rim and foot, the base with four chiselled cursive characters on a silver plaque reading Kyoto Namikawa, 8cm.